Many people today are trying to rewrite history. When we do that, we have a tendency to see it from our perspective. You have to view history as it was, not as you think it should be. If you see only the bad in history, that is how you will view today. In early America, we had slavery. After the Civil War slavery was abolished but racism remained. Some see racism today and think we haven’t accomplished anything. That leads to despair. Others see only good today and view history the same way. They ignore the fact that slavery existed. As a result, racism and slavery that still exist can grow like a cancer, while no one notices, until they break out in the open again. However, if you look at history as it was, the good and the bad, you can see life today the same way. You will realize that although some racism and slavery still exist, they are not like they used to be. That leads to hope. We wiped out some in the past, we might be able to wipe out the rest the same way. It is like Polio. In the 1940’s Polio was world-wide, over a half million cases in the U.S. alone. Recently, eight cases broke out in the U.S. We can bury ourselves in despair because we feel that we can never wipe out Polio. We can also ignore it because we don’t think eight cases poses a threat and not get vaccinated. If we do, we will see the number of cases grow and become widespread again. However, we should recognize that eight cases is not a half million. We almost wiped it out the first time through vaccination, maybe we can finish what we started the same way.